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The following are questions about the Americas:

1. Who discovered America?


Answer : Christopher Columbus.

2. The American name is taken from the name?


Answer : Amerigo Vespucci.

3. In what year did Christopher Columbus discover the Americas?


Answer : in 1492.

4. America is bordered on the north by?


Answer : Arctic Ocean.

5. On the south and west bordered by?


Answer : Pacific Ocean.

6. The east is bordered by America?


Answer : Atlantic Ocean.

7. The highest mountain in America is?


Answer : Mount Aconcagua.

8. The longest river in America is?


Answer : Amazon River.

9. Native Americans are?


Answer : Eskimos and Indians.
10. Population descent (assimilation) ie?
Answer : The nation of mestis, zambo, mulat.

11. How many parts is America divided into?


Answer : 3 are North America, Central America and South America.

12. USA stands for?


Answer : United States of America

13. Name the countries in North America?


Answer : United States, Canada and Mexico.

14. Name the countries in Central America?


Answer : Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba,
Haiti, Dominica, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

15. Name the countries in South America (latin)?


Answer : Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia,
Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, File and Argentina.

16. What is the currency of the United States of America?


Answer : Dollars $ United States.

17. What is the capital city of the United States of America?


Answer : Washington DC (Colombia district).

18. What is the motto of the United States of America?


Answer : E pluribus unum.
19. What is E pluribus unum?
Answer : Different but still one.

20. The supreme power in the United States is?


Answer : Congress.

21. What is the capital city of Canada?


Answer : Ottawa.

22. What is another name for South America?


Answer : Latin America.

23. Flowers from Holland are flowers?


Answer : tulips.

24. What is the American National Anthem?


Answer : Twinkling star banner.

25. USA is on a continent?


Answer : American continent.

26. Native Americans are?


Answer : Indian tribes.

27. One of the animals that live in America is?


Answer : american alligator.
28. What is the capital city of Mexico?
Answer : Mexico City.

29. What is Canada's currency?


Answer : Canadian Dollar.

30. What is Canada's official language?


Answer : English and French.

31. What is a plateau?


Answer : Mountains.

32. What is the official language of Mexico?


Answer : Spanish language.

33. Mexican currency?


Answer : is pesos

34. What is the capital city of Argentina?


Answer : Buenos Aires.

35. What is Argentina's official currency and language?


Answer : Peso and Spanish.

36. The legislature of Argentina is?


Answer : National Congress of two councils.

37. What is the capital city of Brazil?


Answer : Brazil.
38. Where is the Amazon River?
Answer : Brazil.

39. What is campo?


Answer : Meadow.

40. A very wide expanse of moss is called?


Answer : Tundra.

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